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WinCom5USER'SMANUAL11/2003WinCom5(English)DUCATISistemiS.
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iTableofcontents1.
Installation12.
Overview.
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Quickstart.
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Filemenu34.
1Viewconnectionlog34.
2Viewalarms44.
3ViewvMACHsdata.
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4ViewSmddhhmm.
CSV.
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5Properties.
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1Identity74.
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2Connectionmode74.
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3Serialport.
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4Speed.
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5AutomaticConnectionmode.
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6Incomingcalls84.
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7Dialmode.
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8Dialproperties.
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9Modeminitialisation104.
6Connectionsetup.
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1EditDatsitelist.
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2PollmodeconnectionPCDATPiù124.
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3SelectionoftheFolderforfilesarchives134.
7Chooselanguage.
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8Choosespreadsheet.
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Connectionmenu145.
1OpenconnectionasUserorAdministrator.
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2Closeconnection.
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Networkmenu.
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1View.
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1ConnectedMACHs.
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2MACHnetworkdescription.
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3Virtualinstruments:vMACHs.
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2VirtualMACH.
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1MACHoutputs.
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2"DATPiù"inputs.
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3Alarms.
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Datmenu.
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1DatConfiguration247.
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1ConnectedMACHs.
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2Lastmonth.
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3Intervalbetweenrecords267.
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4Measures277.
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5Password277.
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6Datmemory.
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7Miscellaneous.
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8Programming.
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1TimeBandsandAlarms307.
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2Transformationfactor.
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2Modem.
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1DatModem.
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2Callsonalarm337.
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3Alarmcall.
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4Datacall.
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3SetDatclock.
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4ClearDatmemory.
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5AssignnewID347.
6Downloadrecords.
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7Downloadalarms377.
8Measurelist.
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InstallationSystemrequirements:anIBMcompatiblepersonalcomputer,usinga80486orhigherCPUWindows3.
xxorhigher8MbRAMatleast2Mbfreespaceonharddisk(plusenoughspaceforthedatafilescreatedbyDATPiù)ToinstallWinCom5,justrunsetup.
exefromWinCom5installationdisk,eitherwithExplorer,orwithStart|Run.
TheprogramwillaskwheretoreadWinCom5filesfrom,andwheretowritethem.
Afterselectingunitsandfolders(oracceptingthesuggestedchoices),thespecifiedfolderwillbecreatedontheharddisk,andthefileswillbecopied.
Afterthis,anewiconforWinCom5willbecreatedinsideWindows3.
xxProgramManager,orinWindows95Startmenu.
2.
OverviewWinCom5hasbeendevelopedtogivetheusercompletecontrolontheDATPiùfunctions.
Itmakespossibleto:settheDATPiùconfiguration(numberofMACHsconnected,measurestobeacquired,alarms,passwordsandsoon),onlyifyouareadministratordownloaddataacquiredbytheDATPiùeitherbymeansofdirectPCcable-connectionorwithmodemdownloadalarmsreceivedfromtheMACH30/20,SmartPiùandDATPiùaccesstheMACHnetworkthroughtheRS485interface(inthiscasetheDATPiùbecomesaRS485-RS232converter),andreadvaluesinrealtimelaunchyourfavouritespreadsheettoviewthedatareceivedfromtheDATPiùmanageupto98MACHswith9measureseachmanagetheimpulse-counterbuiltintheDATPiùassignedtotheaddress99,bymeansofspecialfunctionsprotectionwithapasswordoftheDatPiùaccessanditsconfigurationThisonlinehelpcoverseverytopicoftheapplication,andwilllettheusertakefulladvantageofhardwareandsoftwarefeatures.
Throughoutthisguide,theDATPiùwillbereferredtosimplyas"Dat"andDUCATI'spanelinstrumentswillbereferredtosimplyas"MACH/MACHs".
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QuickstartThissoftwareofferstheopportunitytoindicatetheuser'sidentityateachinstallation,thatcanbeeithertheAdministrator,orasimpleUser.
TheAdministratorcanconnectbothastheAdministratorandastheUser,andwhenconnectedastheAdministrator,hecancarryoutanychangeintheinstrument'ssetting,whiletheUsercanonlyreadsuchinformation.
ConnectingtoaDATPiùwithanull-modemcable(directconnection)TotalktoaDATPiùthroughadirectconnection,youhaveto:1.
turnonboththeinstrumentandthePC2.
connectthePCtotheinstrumentwiththeprovidedcable3.
startWinCom54.
inFile|Chooselanguageselectthelanguageyouprefer5.
asthemainwindowappears,clickonFile|Properties;thepropertywindowwillbedisplayed6.
onthepropertywindow,clickonDirectconnection7.
selecttheserialportthatfitstoyou,andthesamespeedsetontheDATPiùRS232port(seeinstrumentmanualformoreinformation)8.
nowclickontheOkbutton:currentconfigurationwillbesavedinsideWinCom5profile9.
atthispoint,justclickonConnection|OpenasUserorasAdministratortoopenaconnectionwiththeinstrument10.
now,awindowcouldappearindicatingthattheDATPiùisintheLoaderimode.
ThismodeindicatesthattheDATPiùisreadytoupdatetheinternalFirmwareorhasjustupdatedit.
Bymeansofthiswindow,youcaneitherrestoretheinstrument'snormalmode,orexitleavingthingsthewaytheyare11.
ifapasswordtoaccesstotheDATPiùwaspreviouslyentered,awindowaskingforitwillappear12.
youmaynowsetDATPiùparametersasdesired,oraccesstheMACHnetworktoreaddatainrealtimeConnectingtoaDATPiùwithamodemFollowthesteps1.
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7describedabove;then:8.
onthepropertywindow,clickonUsemodem9.
nowsettheserialportandspeedasdesired10.
setthedialpropertiesasrequested11.
nowclickontheOpenbutton;theDATPiùsitelistwillappear12.
clickonAddtoaddanewDATPiùtothelistiToupdatetheDATPiùinternalFirmwareitisnecessarytousethe"DATLoader"programwhichisnotincludedinthissoftwarepackageWinCom5(English)DUCATISistemiS.
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typeasitedescriptionandthephonenumbertocall14.
nowclickonOkandthenonClose;thecurrentwindowwilldisappear,leavingonlythepropertywindowopen15.
clickonOktoaccepttheconfiguration16.
now,clickonConnection|Open:onthewindowthatwillappear,doubleclickonthedescriptionoftheDATPiùthatyouwanttocall.
Afterashorttime,theconnectionshouldbeestablished;followtheinstructionsgivenintheprevisionparagraphat1011and12.
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FilemenuFIG.
A–Filemenu4.
1ViewconnectionlogThiscommanddisplaysawindowwithalistboxcontainingthelast5Kbytesofthelogfile.
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4Everycallattemptisrecordedinalogfile,whosenameisWinDATpl.
log,locatedintheWinCom5folder.
Theoperationsrecordedare:modeminitialisation(whenauto-answerisenabled)callattempt(togetherwiththediallednumber)resultofcallattempt(connectionopenedorerrorreportedbythemodem)callterminationwrongpasswordsenteredstartandstopofPollconnectionreceivedcallsnumberofrecordsdownloaded,andfileusednumberofalarmsdownloadedsetup,memoryorconfigurationfaulttimeoutoccurredduringadownloadprocessconfigurationsconflicts.
Everyactionisrecordedtogetherwithdateandtime.
TheUpdatebuttonwillre-readthelogfile.
PressingtheClearbuttonwillwipethefile:theuserwillberequestedtoconfirmtheoperation,andthenthefilewillbedeleted.
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2ViewalarmsThiscommanddisplaysawindowwithalistboxcontainingthelast2Kbytesofthealarmfile.
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7"Downloadalarms")arewritteninafilecalledalarms.
txtintheWinCom5folder.
ForeveryalarmisreportedtheMACHnumber(between1and99)andthestatus(whetherithaschangedtoonoroff),togetherwiththedateandtimeinwhichithasbeentriggered.
Thealarmfileisnevercleared,soitislefttotheuserhetaskofreducingitsdimensionordeletingitfromthediskwhenitbecomestoolongand/orold.
PleasenotethatonlyMACH30/20,SmartPiùandDATPiùhavethealarmfeature.
Inparticular,seethepreviousfigureforthetwotypesofalarmscreatedbytheinstrument99builtintheDAT.
Thesecondalarmillustratedinthefigureisthealarmcreatedbytheimpulse-counterinput.
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3ViewvMACHsdataThiscommandopensthefilemachdata.
csvinsidethespreadsheetselectedintheChoosespreadsheetdialog(Seesection4.
8"Choosespreadsheet").
Thefilemachdata.
csvcontainsdatacollectedfromtheMACHnetworkthroughthetransparencyfeature(seeSection6.
1"View").
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D–MACH'sDataThisisastandardASCII,commaseparatedvaluedatafile,compatiblewitheveryspreadsheetabletoimportASCIIfiles.
Everyrecordcontainsdateandtimeoftheacquireddatum,thedescriptionoftheDatthroughwhichthedatumhasbeenread,theaddressoftheMACHtowhichthevaluerefers,andthemeasure(withitsunit)acquired.
Thisdatafileisnevercleared,soitislefttotheuserthetaskofreducingitsdimensionordeletingitfromthedisk,whenitbecomestoolongorold.
Pleasenotethatmachdata.
csvmaybeopenedonlywhentheconnectionwiththeDatisclosed.
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4ViewSmddhhmm.
CSVThiscommandopensthelastdatafile(downloadedfromtheDat)insidethespreadsheetselectedintheChoosespreadsheetdialog(Seesection4.
8"Choosespreadsheet").
Thenameofthefilereflectsthedateandtimeinwhichthedownloadstarted.
thefirst'm'isthelettercorrespondingtothemonth(A=January,B=February,etc)'dd'standsfortheday(01to31)'hh'standsforthehour,and'mm'standsfortheminutesFIG.
E–FileCSVThisisanASCIIfilewithstandardCSV,("commaseparatedvalue")datafile,compatiblewitheveryspreadsheetabletoimportASCIIfiles.
Thefilecontainsaheader,reportingthedescriptionandthephonenumberoftheDatfromwhichdatahavebeendownloaded,dataandtimeoftheconnection,modeoftheconnectionifyouareUserorAdministratorandarowwiththemeasuresbeingacquired.
Thendatafollow,oneinstrumentperline:everyrecordcontainstimeanddate,MACHaddress,andacquiredvalues.
Aspecialcommandallowstheusertoconvertlinesintocolumns,asshowninthepreviousfigure(SeeSection7.
6"Downloadrecords")ii4.
5Properties.
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Inthiswindowtheusermaysettheserialportparametersandthemodemconfiguration;besidesitisevenpossibletoaccesstheDatsitelist.
Moreover,isinthissectionthattheusercanselecthisidentitylikeAdministratororsimplyUser.
iiIncasesomestoredrecordareinaccessible,intheoutputfilewillbeappearthesequence"InvalidRecord".
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7FIG.
F–Propertiesmenu4.
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1IdentityInthissectiononecanchoosetheidentityofthemainuserfortheinstalledsoftware.
Onceset,werecommendnottomodifythisoption,sincethiscoulddamagethefilesassociatedtoinstalledDATs;tosimulateconnectionswiththetwodifferentidentities,use"Connection"openingoptions(seeSection5).
Administrator:whenthisidentityischosenandtheconnectionasAdministratorisdone,thepasswordsusedforconnectionarestoredinmemoryandre-usedforPollmode.
User:asintheothercase,iftheconnectiontoinstalledDATsasuserischosen,passwordsarestoredinthememoryforfutureautomaticconnections.
Incaseofaconnectionwithanidentitydifferentfromthatsetinthissection,allthefilescontaininginformationforautomaticconnectionsarenotmodified.
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2ConnectionmodeDIRECTCONNECTIONThisoptionmustbeselectedwhenthecomputerisconnectedtotheinstrumentviaanull-modemcable(inotherwords,whenthemodemisnotusedtoestablishtheconnectionwiththeDat).
Whenthisbuttonisselected,onlythecontrolsregardingcomport,communicationspeed,Pollconfigurationandincomingcallsareenabled.
USEMODEMThisoptionmustbeselectedifamodemisrequestedtoestablishtheconnectionbetweenthecomputerandtheinstrument.
Whenthisbuttonisselected,everycontrolinthepropertywindowisenabled.
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3SerialportThesebuttonsareusedtospecifywhichserialportmustbeusedtotalkwiththeDat.
AvailableportsrangefromCom1toCom4orfromCom1toCom8withaDropDownmenu;theportmayevenbeonaPCMCIAinterfaceorinternalmodems,providedthattheyarecorrectlyconfigured.
IfaDosorWindowsprogramisalreadyusingaport(e.
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amousedriverorafaxmanager),oriftheportisnotfound,thecorrespondingbuttonisdisabled.
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4SpeedThesebuttonsselectthespeedtobeusedwhentalkingwiththeDatorthemodem.
Theallowedspeedsare9600and19200bps.
Pleasenotethatothercommunicationoptions(startandstopbits,parity,protocol)aresetbydefaultandcannotbechanged.
Note:Toautomaticallymonitormorethanone"DATPiù",makesurethatallDATsconnectionspeedsfeaturethesameconfiguration.
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5AutomaticConnectionmodeTheseoptionsallowthemodeselectionfortheautomaticconnection.
Infact,itispossibletoprogramtheDatsothatitwillcallthesupervisoryPConwhichtheWinCom5isrunning.
ThisoperatingmodeisavailablebesidetotheusualconnectionmodewherethePCdialsandcallstheDatunits.
Itisnotallowedtoprogramamixedoperatingmode:thedownloadcallsshouldbeallinthesamedirection(eithertheDatcallingthePC,orthePCcallingtheDatunits).
IncasetheWinCom5isconfiguredtomakecalls(Poll),andyouopenaconnectionwithaDatthatisinturn,configuredtocallthePC(i.
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intheoppositeway),awarningerrorisissued.
Moreoverpleasebeawarethatisintheuserresponsibilitytomakeacorrectcallingschedulewhenprogrammingthismode,sothatallthemanagedDatunitswillcallatdifferenttimeslots.
ThistoavoidpossiblecongestiononthereceivinglineofthePC.
TheoptionPC->DATPiù(Poll)enablestheoutgoingcallsfromthePC:alldetailsofthismode(startcall,period)shouldbeprogrammedinConnectionSetup|Pollmodesetup(SeeSection4.
6"ConnectionSetup").
TheoptionDATPiù->PCenablestheoperatingmodewheretheDatunitswillcallthePC:alldetailsofthismodeshouldbeprogrammedduringthereal-timeconnectionwitheachsingleDatwhichyouliketobecalledfrom.
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6IncomingcallsWinCom5mayanswerincomingcallsarrivingfromaDat,inbothconnectionmodes(directandwithmodem):rememberthattheDatmaybeenabledtocallthehostPCuponanalarmtrigger,oruponfillingthe60%ofthealarmbuffer.
Whensuchacallisperformed,WinCom5,ifenabled,willacceptthecall,downloadingthealarmqueue,anddisplayingiton-screen.
ToenableWinCom5toacceptincomingcall,theAnswercheckboxmustbechecked.
IfaDirectconnectionisused,theafterringstextboxwillbedisabled,beingactuallyuseless.
IfinsteadUsemodemisselected,theafterringstextboxisenabled,andtheusermaysetafterhowmanyringsthemodemistogooff-hook,whethertypinginthedesirednumber,orclickingthespinbuttonontherightofthetextbox.
Pleasenotethattheringsarenotcountedusingtheringwireoftheserialcable,butbyprogrammingtheappropriatemodemregister(itcountsthestrings"RING").
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9InDat->PCmodeitmustbeenabledorthesystemwillnotwork.
Withthismode,thealarmacceptanceisalwaysenabledMACHSELECTIONThisbuttonopensthefollowingwindow:FIG.
G–MACHselectionforincomingcallThiswindowisusedasasupportforincomingcallprogramming,soitispossibletoselecttheMACHsfromwhichdataaretobedownloaded.
WithincomingcallstheDatdoesn'tknowwhicharerelevantMACHs,thereforethiswindowhastobeused:AvailableDats:allregisteredDatswithIDallocation.
FirstMACH:thefirstMACHinthelistofinstrumentswhicharetobedownloadedduringincomingcalltransfer.
LastMACH:thelastrelevantMACH.
Therefore,allMACHshavingaddresscomprisedbetweenFirstMACHandLastMACHboxesaredownloaded.
TheSavepushbuttonallowsyoutoapplychangesforthesinglemodifiedDAT.
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7DialmodeTONEIfthisoptionisselected,themodemusestoneswhendiallingphonenumbers.
PULSEIfthisoptionisselected,themodemusespulseswhendiallingphonenumbers.
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8DialpropertiesWAITFORTONEBEFOREDIALINGIfthischeckboxismarked,themodemwillwaitforthedialtonebeforedialling.
Pleasenotethatthedialtonechangesamongcountries,andnotallmodemsmaybeabletodetectit.
HANG-UPONBUSYIfthischeckboxismarked,themodemwillhangupthelineafterdetectingthebusytone,returningthe"Busy"error.
Ifthischeckboxisnotmarked,whendiallingabusyphonenumber,themodemwillwaitforthenumberofsecondsstoredinsidetheS7modemregister,andthenwillreturnthe"Nocarrier"error.
USEPREFIXThisfeatureisusefulwhenitisnecessarytodialaprefixinordertogettheline(e.
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ifaPBXispresent).
Ifthischeckismarked,WinCom5,whenopeningamodemconnection,willdialfirstthespecifiedprefix,andthentherequestednumber.
Aftermarkingthecheckbox,thetextboxontherightbecomesenabled,anditispossibletotypethedesiredprefix.
Itisevenpossibletoinsertcommas(","),ifapauseisdesiredbetweendiallingtheprefixandtheactualnumber.
NotethatthepauselengthdependsonthevaluestoredintheS8modemregister.
Prefixexamples:0,42,,4.
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9ModeminitialisationThistextboxmaycontainanyvalidAT-string,whichwillbesenttothemodemduringinitialisation.
PleasenotethattheactualstringsentwillcontainanATprefix,userinitialisation(astypedinthistextbox),andWinCom5initialisationcommands.
Inthepreviousexamplebeingtheuserstring"&F",WinCom5willissuethefollowingcommandtothemodem:AT&FPleasenotethatsometimesitcouldbeusefultosetherethecommand&FincaseyouwanttoresetthemodemtothefactorydefaultconfigurationwhenusingtheWinCom5program.
ThiscommandstringissenttothemodemwhenexitthePropertieswindow,incaseyouhaveprogrammedtoanswertoincomingcalls,orwhenstartingacalltowardsaDatunitbymeansofamodem,beforediallingthenumber(seeinthemenubarthecommandConnection|Open).
Thecommandstringis:AT&D2V1Q0S0=0W2iii(DTRclosestheconnection,Verboselisting,Responsecodesenabled,Noauto-answer,Infoonlineconnectionspeed)iiiThecommandW2isnotfundamental,evenifthiscommandisnotacceptedbythemodem,thesystemworksaswell.
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6ConnectionsetupThisbuttonopensthefollowingwindow:FIG.
H–ConnectionsetupInthiswindowtheusermayedittheDatsitelist(whenamodemconnectionisselected,thenumbertocallischosenfromthislist).
Thelistmaycontainupto300numbers,anditispossibletoadd,editanddeletetheentries.
ThelimitisgivenbytheDatID,usedtouniquelyidentifytheDatcallingthehostPC.
Everyentryofthelistcontainsadescription,aphonenumber,andtheEnabledforpollingcheckbox,whichisusedduringPollmode.
ItisalsopossibletosetthePollmodeconnectionparameters(Poll).
Ifdirectconnectionisset,itwillappearonlytheframeforthePoll'sconfigurationfortheonlyoneconnectedDat.
TheClosebuttonsaveschangesandclosesthiswindow.
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1EditDatsitelistADDThisbuttonletstheuseraddanewentrytothesitelist,providedthatthereisstillenoughspaceforit.
Whenthisbuttonispressed,thecontrolsDescription,NumberandEnabledforpollingareenabled,togetherwiththeOkandCancelbuttons.
Theusermaynowinputanewentry:Descriptionisastringdescribing(forexample,thelocationoftheDat),whileNumberisthephonenumbertocallinordertoestablishtheconnection.
TheEnabledforpollingcheckboxisusedinPollmode:ifcheckedtheDatiscalledanddataaredownloaded,otherwiseitisskipped.
Thisisusefulifaninstrumenthastobeleftoff-lineforsomereason(e.
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,formaintenance),butwedonotwanttoremoveitsentryfromthesitelist.
Afterthetextboxeshavebeenfilled,theentrymayberecordedwiththeOkbutton;theoperationmaybeabortedclickingtheCancelbutton.
Whenanentryisadded,thelistissortedbytheDescriptionfield.
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12EDITThisbuttonisenabledwhenanentryofthesitelistisselected.
Ifitispushed,thedataofthehighlightedentryarecopiedtothetextboxes,andtheuserisallowedtomodifythem.
ChangesmaybeacceptedwithOk,orrefusedwithCancel.
Afterthechangeshavebeenaccepted,thelistissortedbytheDescriptionfield.
DELETEThisbuttonisenabledwhenanentryofthesitelistisselected.
Ifitispushed,thehighlightedentryisremovedfromthelist;noconfirmationisrequested,anddatacannotberecovered.
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2PollmodeconnectionPCDATPiùWinCom5maybeprogrammedtocallevery(enabled)Datrecordedinthesitelistor,ifdirectconnectionisset,onlytheinstalledDAT,inordertodownloadtheacquireddata:thisfeatureiscalledPollmodeconnection(orautomaticconnection).
Itispossibletosetwhenthesweepmustbegin,andthesweepperiod(intervalbetweentwoseriesofconnections).
WinCom5willtrytodialaDatuptotwotimes,ifaconnectioncannotbeestablished;whentheDatanswers,WinCom5willtransmitthepassword,ifany,andwillbegindownloadingtherecordsacquired(thealarmswillnotbedownloaded);then,itwillclosetheconnectionassoonastheDatmemoryisempty.
Pleasenotethatincaseoftimeout(dueforexampletonoisealongtheline),WinCom5willaskdataupto4times,andthen,ifacorrectanswerisnotreceived,willhanguptheline.
Ifthepasswordisnotcorrect,thecommunicationisabortedandtheeventislogged.
ForallPollsessionifacallcan'tbeperformedthesoftwareputsthenumberinasecondarylistandattheendofthefirstPolllist,startstomakethecallsofthesecondarylist.
ThesoftwaredothisoperationtwotimeandthenstopsthePoll.
Todecidewhichinstrumentistobedownloaded,carryoutamanualconnectionanddownloaddata.
ForthatDAT,thePolldatatransferperformsexactlythesamedatadownload,changingthedownloadbeginningdateonly.
Saiddateiscalculatedastheonefollowingthedateofthelastrecordsuccessfullydownloadedwithanautomaticconnection.
Everymodemoperation,andthenumberofrecordsdownloadedfromeachDat,isrecordedinthelogfile(seeinthemenubarFile|Viewconnectionlog)inordertolettheuserknowwhathappenedduringaPollconnection.
DatadownloadedfromeachDatarestoredinafile,locatedintheWinCom5folder,whosenameis:DAAmm.
csvwhereidisthe3-digitsDatidentifiercode,assetintheDatconfigurationwindow(SeeSection7.
5"AssignnewID"):inthefiledatplid.
INIyouwillfindtheassociationbetweenthephysical3-digitsIDandlogicalname),AAistheyearandmmisthemonthwhendataareacquired:thismeansthatthesameDatwillgenerate12differentfilesduringtheyear.
ThefilewillcontainthedescriptionandthephonenumberoftheDatcalled,arowcontainingthemeasuresacquired,andthenthedatarecords.
Subsequentcallsperformedinthesamemonthwillappendnewdatatothecorrectfile-therewillbenofileoverwrite.
Thisfile,likeeveryother.
csvfilecreatedbyWinCom5,maybereadwitheveryspreadsheetabletoimporttextfiles.
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13POLLINGPERIODThistextbox,togetherwiththehoursanddays,specifiestheintervalbetweensubsequentseriesofcalls.
Theperiodcannotbeshorterthan4hours,orlongerthan7days.
Tosetthepollingperiod,selectthetimemeasureunit(betweenhoursanddays),andthentypeinthetextboxthenumbercorrespondingtotheperiodyouwanttoset.
STARTONThistextboxsetsthestartingdateandtimeofthePollconnection.
ENABLEIfthisboxischecked,thePollconnectionwillbecarriedoutonthedateandtimeindicated,forthesetperiod.
TodisablethePollconnection,justuncheckthisbox.
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3SelectionoftheFolderforfilesarchivesUsuallyWinCom5savesallthefileswiththedownloadeddatainthe"DATA"folder,whichislocatedinsidetheWinCom5installationfolder.
Itispossible,however,tochangethissettingtogetthefilesinadifferentuserselectablefolder,justmodifyingtheWinDATPL.
INIfilelocatedinthesamefolderwheretheinstallationhavebeendone(usually\WINDATPL).
Todothismodification,openthefileusinganormaltexteditor(e.
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Notepad)andaddinsection[Misc]theitemSavePath:forexample:[Misc].
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SavePath=D:\DatSave.
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InthiswayallthedownloadedfileswillbesavedinthefolderD:\DatSave.
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7ChooselanguageInthiswindowitispossibletosetthelanguagetobeusedbyWinCom5.
Justclickonthebuttonofthedesiredlanguage;WinCom5configurationwillbeupdatedautomatically.
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8ChoosespreadsheetThiscommanddisplaysadialogwindowthatisusedtospecifywhereisthespreadsheetexecutable(forexampleMsExcel)islocated.
TheselectedspreadsheetisusedtoopenthedatafilecreatedbyWinCom5.
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ConnectionmenuFIG.
J–Connectionmenu5.
1OpenconnectionasUserorAdministratorWhenthisoptionischosen,WinCom5triestoopenaconnectionwiththeDat.
Ifadirectconnectionhasbeenset,WinCom5willlookforaDatonthespecifiedserialport:iftheinstrumentdoesnotanswerwithin2seconds,WinCom5willreportanerror.
Ifamodemconnectionhasbeenset,WinCom5willdisplayawindowcontainingtheDatlist.
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K–SpotconnectionmenuTheCancelbuttonwillclosethiswindowwithoutmakinganycall.
PleasenotethatitispossibletocalleventheDatthataresetasdisabledintheConnectionsetup.
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15Afterselectinganitemofthelist,clicktheCallbutton:WinCom5willtrytoestablishaconnectionwiththeselectedinstrument.
Astatuswindowwillbedisplayed,showingthecallprogress:itispossibleatanytimetoaborttheoperationclickingontheCancelbutton.
Pleasenotethat,whilemakingacall,themenubarisdisabled,andthefocusisforcedtoremainonthestatuswindow.
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L–ConnectionstatusAssoonastheconnectionisestablished,theDatstatusischecked.
IftheDatisinthe"Loader"mode,beforethiswindowisdisplayed,achoiceisgiven(SeeSection3"Quickstart").
Oncetheconnectionisestablished,therealtransmissionspeedisindicated.
Ifapasswordwaspreviouslyset,thefollowingwindowwillappear:FIG.
M–VerifyPasswordTocontinuetheprogramexecutionitisnecessarytoenterthecorrectpassword.
Otherwise,theconnectionisabortedanditisnecessarytorepeattheoperation.
Then,theDatinternalclockwillbeautomaticallyupdatedaccordingtothesettings(SeeSection7.
3"SetDatclock");shouldthisoperationfail,awarningmessagewillbereportedintheconnectionregister.
CONNECTIONASADMINISTRATORIfthismodeischosen,theprogramuserisabletocompletelymodifytheDATconfigurationsetting,andthereforethisconnectionmustbeprotectedbyapassword(Seesection7.
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16CONNECTIONASUSERIfthismodeischosen,theprogramusercannotmodifytheDATconfigurationsetting,andevenifhetriestodoso,theDATwouldpreventitbyrefusingcommands.
WeremindyouthatanAdministratorcancarryoutconnectionsasaUserwithoutchanginghisidentity.
Thisisuseful,forinstance,tocheckaDatsettingwithouttheriskofchangingit.
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2CloseconnectionWhenthisoptionischosen,WinCom5closestheconnection(whetherviacableorviamodem)openedwiththeDat.
WinCom5doesnotresetitsstate(Closedconnection)byitselfafterthecarrierislost;itwillrathershowamessageinvitingtheusertoexecutetheConnection|Closecommand.
WhenaconnectionisopenandaFile|Exitisrequested,theconnectionisautomaticallyclosed.
6.
NetworkmenuFIG.
N–Networkmenu6.
1ViewThiscommandletstheuseraccessthetransparencyfeatureimplementedintheDat.
WiththisfeaturetheuserisabletoreadanymeasurefromeveryMACHthatmaybeconnectedthroughtheRS485interfacetotheDatinrealtime(actually,dataarerefreshedevery30seconds).
Thismeansthatthereisnotanymorethelimitof9measuresacquirablefromMACHs.
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O–MachselectionmenuNotethat,whenthiswindowisopen,theDatconfigurationwindowcannotbeopened.
WhentheClosebuttonispressed,WinCom5willchecktoseeifMACHdescriptionsorthevMACHlayouthavebeenchanged(SeeSection6.
1.
3"Virtualinstruments:vMACHs"),andifsowillaskifchangesaretobesavedordiscarded.
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1.
1ConnectedMACHsCONNECTEDMACHSThislistcontains99items,referringtotheaddressesavailablefortheMACHs.
Afterthewindowisopened,thetrafficlightontheleftofeachitemwillbered,andtherewillbenodescriptionfortheMACH.
Somebuttonsofthiswindowareenabledonlywhenanitemofthislistisselected.
Thelastone,theinstrument#99,isindicatedas"PulseCounter"sinceitisa"Virtual"instrumentcontainedintheDATtobeusedasapulsecounterforanexternalcounterreading.
SEARCHALLMACHSWhenthisbuttonispressed,WinCom5willbeginscanningalltheMACHaddresses,lookingforconnectedinstruments.
Thesearchmaytakeacoupleofminutes,duringwhichastatuswindowwillreportthesearchprogress.
EverytimethataMACHisfound,thetrafficlightoftherelatediteminthelistboxdescribedabovewillbechangedtogreen,tosignthattheMACHisconnected.
TheoperationmaybeabortedatanymomentpressingtheCancelbutton.
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18TESTMACHThisbuttonwilltesttheconnectionoftheMACHselectedinthelistboxabove;thesameoperationmaybestarteddouble-clickingthetraffic-lighticonoftheMACHundertest.
Afterthetest,thetrafficlighticonwillbechangedtoreflecttheactualstateoftheMACHconnection,andamessageboxwillbeshown,reportingthetestresult.
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1.
2MACHnetworkdescriptionEDITDESCRIPTIONThisbuttonwilllettheuserenteroreditadescriptionfortheMACHselectedinthelistbox.
Afterclickingonthisbutton,theOkandCancelbuttonwillbeenabled,andthecurrentdescription(ifavailable)willbecopiedinthetextboxtobechanged.
IfnodescriptionhaseverbeenteredfortheselectedMACH,thetextboxwillbeblank.
PresstheOkbuttontosavethenewdescription.
SAVEDESCRIPTIONSThiscommandletstheusersavetheMACHdescriptions.
Adialogboxwillbepresented,inordertoassignthefolderandthefilename.
IfCancelispressedinthisdialogbox,descriptionsarenotsaved.
LOADDESCRIPTIONSThiscommandletstheuserloadpreviouslysavedMACHdescriptions.
Adialogboxwillbepresented,inordertoselectthedescriptionfile.
IfCancelispressedinthisdialog,descriptionsarenotloaded.
WinCom5,beforeloadingaMACHdescriptionfile,checkswhetherthecurrentdescriptionshavebeenchangedsincelastsave,andifsoitfirstpromptstheuserwhetherhewantstokeepordiscardchanges.
Ifnecessary,theSavedescriptionsprocesswillautomaticallybeinvoked.
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3Virtualinstruments:vMACHsVirtualMACHs(orvMACHs)arevirtualinstrumentswhosedataarereadfromtheassociatedrealinstrumentsevery30seconds.
AvMACHmayshowupto4measures,chosenfromthelistoftheMACHacquirablemeasure.
AnynumberofvMACHsmaybeopenedforasingleMACH,andonthescreenmaybedisplayedvMACHsrelatedtodifferentrealinstruments.
Datashownmaybesavedinthefilemachdata.
csv,locatedintheWinCom5folder.
NEWVMACHWhenaMACHhasbeenselectedfromthelistboxConnectedMACHs,pressthisbuttontocreateanewvMACHonthescreen.
ThecaptionofthecreatedvMACHwillreporttheaddressoftheMACHfromwhichdatawillberead,andthedescription(ifpresent).
WhenanewvMACHiscreated,its4measuresareempty.
(SeeSection6.
2"VirtualMACH")NotethatavMACHmaybecreatedevenifitsconnectionhasnotbeentested(e.
g.
itstrafficlighticonisstillred):however,iftheMACHisnotactuallyconnected,whentryingtoreaditsdata,theWinCom5willsignalatimeouterror.
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19SAVEVMACHSThiscommandletstheusersavevMACHs,acquiredmeasures,andthestatusoftheSavedataflag.
Adialogboxwillbepresented,inordertoassignthefolderandthenameofthefiletobesaved.
IftheuserpressesCancelinthisdialog,thefilewillnotbecreated.
LOADVMACHSThiscommandletstheuserloadpreviouslysavedvMACHlayouts.
Adialogboxwillbepresented,inordertoselectthefiletouse.
IftheCancelbuttonispressedinthisdialog,descriptionsarenotloaded.
WinCom5,beforeloadingavMACHlayoutfile,checkswhetherthecurrentlayouthasbeenchangedsincelastsave,andifsoitfirstpromptstheuserwhetherhewantstokeepordiscardchanges.
Ifnecessary,theSavevMACHsprocesswillautomaticallybeinvoked.
IfvMACHsdescriptionsarepresent(becauseadescriptionfilehasbeenloaded),everyvMACHcreatedbythiscommandwillcontainalsotherelevantMACHdescription.
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2VirtualMACHWhenanewvMACHiscreated,thefollowingwindowappears:FIG.
P:VirtualMACHswindowAsfarastheinstrument#99isconcerned,aspecialwindowisprovided,containingonlyrelevantmeasures.
Thisinstrument,whichisbuiltintheDATPiù,canbeusedtoreadtheenergyfromenergymeter,makingthemeasuresdisplayedinthefollowingfigure:FIG.
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Toaddameasure,justdragitfromthelistontherighttoameasureplaceholderontheleft.
Afterstartingthedrag&dropoperation,thecursorchangesinto,andthe4measureplaceholderswillbehighlighted.
FIG.
R–MeasurementsDrag&DropWhenthecursorisoveraplaceholder,itwillchangeinto,andthemeasuremaybedropped.
Droppingameasureelsewherewillhavenoeffect.
FIG.
S–MeasurementsDrag&DropIttheuserwantstochangeadisplayedmeasureintoanewone,itisenoughtorepeatthedrag&dropwiththedesiredmeasure.
Toremoveameasure,justdropitbackintotheavailablemeasurelist.
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TheOutputscheckboxisdescribedinSection6.
2.
1"MACHoutputs".
TheAlarmscheckboxisdescribedinSection6.
2.
3"Alarms"TheClosebuttonwillclosethecurrentvMACH.
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2.
1MACHoutputsEveryvMACHmayshowawindowreportingtheMACHoutputstatus.
MarkingtheViewoutcheckboxwillmakethelowerwindowappear:FIG.
U–MACH'sOutputAssoonastheframeisopened,theMACHoutputstatusisreadbytheWinCom5,andthecheckboxesOutxareupdated:ifanoutputison,thecheckboxismarked,otherwiseitisleftcleared.
Inthepreviousexample,outputs1and3oftheMACHwhoseaddressis5areon.
Afterthestatushasbeenread,itispossibletosetorresetanoutputsimplybyclickingonthedesiredOutcheckbox:theappropriatecommandissenttotheMACH,andthenthenewoutputstatusisimmediatelyread.
Pleasenotethat:whentheMACH30/20orSmartPiùalarmsarenotprogrammed,theoutputstatusmaybefreelysetorresetwhentheMACH30/20orSmartPiùalarmsareprogrammed,anoutputmaybeforcedtobeon,butCANNOTbeturnedoffbyWinCom5;ifanoutputsetbyaMACHalarmisreset,thecheckboxwillbeautomaticallymarkedafterbeingclearedbytheuserwhentheMACH30/20orSmartPiùoutputsareprogrammedforpulses,theycannotbecontrolledandaftermarkingthecheckboxes,theywillbeautomaticallyclearedWinCom5(English)DUCATISistemiS.
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ForthisreasonitissuggestedtoenableonlyinonevMACHperMACHtheoutputframe.
TheMACHoutputstatusisnotrecordedintothemachdata.
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2.
2"DATPiù"inputsTheDATPiùfeaturesapulsecounter.
Thisinstrumentislinkedtotwoinputs:input1andinput2forpulsecounting.
Moreover,anothertwodigitallevelinputsareavailable(input3,input4)andcanbemonitored.
Thefollowingfigureshowsthewindowdedicatedtothisinstrument,towhichtheaddress99isreserved.
FIG.
V–DATPiùInputsTwoLEDsindicateinputstatus:LED'On':inputenabled(shortcuttocommon)LED'Off':inputdisabled(openinput)Theseareupdatedwhentheframeisopened,thentheyareupdatedtogetherwiththeothermeasures.
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2.
3AlarmsThissectionallowsyoutoprogramthenewgenerationofDucatiinstrumentsivpossessingalarmfunctions(e.
g.
SmartPiù).
Bychecking"Alarms"amenuisactivated,whichallowsyoutoprogramtheoutputsoftheinstrumentconnectedtotheDucatinetwork.
Besidesthealarmfunction,youcanalsosetthepulsegeneratoroutput.
ivThisfunctionalityisnotrightforMACH30alarmsprogramming.
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W–MACH'sAlarmsInthePulse/Alarmsectionyoucanchoosetheprogrammingtobeassociatedtotheoutput.
Therearethreepossibleoptions:_v:Noprogramming,thereforefreelyusablefromtheoverlyingpanelPulse:Output1cangeneratepulsesrelatedtoActivePower,Output2cangeneratepulsesrelatedtoReactivePower.
Forfurtherdetailsseetheinstrument'sinstructionmanual.
Followingthischoice,thelasttextboxisactivated,soonecanenterthepowervaluerelatedtoeachpulse(KWh/pulse)and(KVarh/pulse)vi.
Alarms:Afterhavingactivatedthisfunction,measuresandalarmthresholdcanbechosen.
MeasuresrelevanttotheSmartPiùviiarethefollowing:No.
Measure1Voltagephase1–neutral[V]2Voltagephase2–neutral[V]3Voltagephase3–neutral[V]4Three-phaseequivalentvoltage[V]5Currentline1[A]6Currentline2[A]7Currentline3[A]8Three-phaseequivalentcurrent[A]9Activepowerline1[W]10Activepowerline2[W]11Activepowerline3[W]12Three-phaseequivalentactivepower[W]13Reactivepowerline1[VAr]14Reactivepowerline2[VAr]vUnderScore.
viThevalueisdependentbytheKAandKVprogrammedontheinstrument.
viiThevalueisdependentbytheKAandKVprogrammedontheinstrument.
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2415Reactivepowerline3[VAr]16Three-phaseequivalentreactivepower[VAr]17Powerfactorline1(unitwiththreedecimals)18Powerfactorline2(unitwiththreedecimals)19Powerfactorline3(unitwiththreedecimals)20Three-phaseequivalentpowerfactor(unitwiththreedecimals)21Meanactivepowerline1[W]22Meanactivepowerline2[W]23Meanactivepowerline3[W]24Meanthree-phaseequivalentactivepower[W]25Meanreactivepowerline1[VAr]26Meanreactivepowerline2[VAr]27Meanreactivepowerline3[VAr]28Three-phaseequivalentmeanreactivepower[VAr]29DF:Meanthree-phaseactivepower,calculatedat2/3ofthemeantime[W]30DF:Meanthree-phaseapparentpower,calculatedat2/3ofthemeantime[VA]31DF:Meanthree-phaseactivepower,calculatedatofthemeantime[W]32DF:Meanthree-phaseapparentpower,calculatedat1/2ofthemeantime[VA]33DF:Meanthree-phaseactivepower,calculatedat1/3ofthemeantime[W]34DF:Meanthree-phaseapparentpower,calculatedat1/3ofthemeantime[VA]Tomakechanges,justmodifydataandpresstheUpdatebuttontore-programtheinstrument.
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DatmenuFIG.
X–Datmenu7.
1DatConfigurationThiscommandopensawindowshowingthecurrentconfigurationoftheDatandmodem.
Thiswindowisdisplayedautomaticallyasthecomputerisconnectedtotheinstrument.
Theconfigurationoftheinstrumentmaybechangedasdesired,andwrittenbacktotheDat.
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Y:AcquisitionconfigurationwindowWhentheDatconfigurationwindowisopen,itisnotpossibletoaccesstheMACHnetworkwiththetransparencyfeature.
PressingtheReadbuttontheDatconfigurationwindowwillbeupdated.
InsteadwhentheWritebuttonispressed,theconfigurationdisplayedonscreeniswrittentotheDat.
Ifwritingthenewconfigurationforcesamemoryclear(becauseMACHsconnectedand/ormeasuresrecordedhavebeenchanged),userispromptedtoconfirmtheoperation.
Whenfinished,thememorystatusisreadbackandupdatedonscreen.
Note:whenchangingDatconfiguration,donotforgettosaveitintotheDatunitbypressingtheWRITEbuttonbeforeclosing.
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1.
1ConnectedMACHsWhenalineishighlightedaMACHinstrumentisconnectedtotheDatanditmustbeset,toanswer,totheindicatedaddress.
TheselectionofconnectedMACHs(1to99)isdonebymeansofalistbox.
ToselectaMACH,justclickonthedesiredMACH.
Thenumberistheanalyser'saddress.
TheuseriscompletelyfreetoelectanyMACHevenwithnonsubsequentaddresses.
Inthefollowingexample,aselectionofMACHswithaddress9,10and12isshown.
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Z–ConnectedMACHItshouldberememberedthatiftwoormoreinstrumentssharethesameaddressnumber,nooneofthemwillbeabletosenddatawhenpolled.
7.
1.
2LastmonthInthissectionthekeybuttonEnergyispresent;thiscommandbuttonoffersthepossibilitytoviewimmediatelythetime-bandenergiesconsumedinthepreviousmonth.
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1.
3IntervalbetweenrecordsThisvaluespecifiesthetimebetweensubsequentacquisitionsofdatameasuredbytheconnectedMACHs.
Itmayrangefrom1to60minutes,andcanbeseteithertypingdirectlythedesiredvalueinsidethetextbox,orclickingonthespincontrolontheleftofthetextbox.
Byselectingthe"Acq.
atquarterofhours"checkbox,theacquisitionevery15minutesatthequarterofthehourisactivated(e.
g.
theacquisitionwillbedoneat12:00,12:15,12:45etc).
Inthiscasetheboxforthetimeintervalselectionisdisabled.
Incaseanacquisitioncannotbecompleted(e.
g.
theDatisturnedoff)theDatunitre-schedulestheacquisitionatthenextquarter;asanexample,inthecasetheDatisturnedoffat12:15,thedataacquisitionwillNOTbedone,andthenextacquisitionwilloccurat12:30.
Inthiscase,aspecialattentionshallbepaidtothetimeintervalforacquisitionastothenumberofvaluesselectedandthenumberofMACHs.
Infact,ifthenumberistoohigh,itcouldhappenthatnotallacquisitionsaredoneandthereforedataarelost.
ThefollowingtableshowssometypicalDATPiùprogramming,andforeachofthemamaximumacquisitiontimeisindicated.
Timevaluesrefertotheworstcase,i.
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NumberofinstrumentsRecordedvaluesTimepassed(worstcase)Minimum"Timeinterval"recommended99900:10:4512'99100:01:152'70900:07:409'50900:06:257'31900:03:254'31100:00:241'20900:02:203'20100:00:151'12900:01:202'12100:00:101'6900:00:401'6100:00:061'1900:00:091'1100:00:011'WinCom5(English)DUCATISistemiS.
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ThetimeindicatedisthetimerequiredbytheDATtoqueryallprogrammedinstrumentsandsavetherelevantrecord.
Ifatimeshorterthanthetimenecessarytocompletetheacquisitionisprogrammedthequerycycleisstoppedandrestartedfromthebeginningandthereforetherecordisskipped.
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4MeasuresThecontrolsinthisboxareusedtoselectthemeasurestobestoredintheDat.
Upto9measuresmaybechosen:notethatthemeasuresselectedareacquiredfromalltheconnectedMACHs,inotherwordsitisnotpossibletohavedifferentmeasuresrecordedfromdifferentMACHsconnectedtothesameDat.
TheAvailablelistcontainsallthemeasurescomputedbytheMACHinstruments:notethatnotallofthemeasuresareavailableforeverytypeofMACHinstrument:ifameasureisnotcomputedfromaMACH,itwillanswerwithanundefinedsymbolwhenaskedsuchameasure.
TheRecordedlistcontainsthemeasurestobeacquiredfromtheconnectedMACHs.
Asreportedabove,upto9measuresmaybeselected;WinCom5doesn'tlettheuserrecordmorethanonceagivenmeasure.
ToaddameasuretotheRecordedlist:double-clickonthedesiredmeasureintheAvailablelist,orselectthedesiredmeasurefromtheAvailablelistandpresstheEnterkey,ordragthedesiredmeasurefromtheAvailablelistontotheRecordedlist.
Whendraggingstarts,thecursorchangesinto.
WhenthecursorisovertheRecordedlist,itchangesinto,andthemeasuremaybedroppedjustbyreleasingthemousebutton.
ToremoveameasurefromtheRecordedlist:double-clickintheRecordedlistonthemeasuretoberemoved,orselectthedesiredmeasureintheRecordedlistandpresstheEnterkey,ordragthedesiredmeasureontothetrashbin.
Whendraggingstarts,thecursorchangesinto.
Whenthecursorisoverthetrashbin,itchangesinto,andthemeasuremayberemovedjustbyreleasingthemousebutton.
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1.
5PasswordBymeansofthisfunctionitispossibletomodifyoraddanaccesspassword,topreventtheuseoftheDATPiùbyunauthorisedpersonnel.
ItmustbenoticedthattheUsercan'tmodifyhisownpassword,onlytheAdministratorcanmodifybothpasswords.
CAUTION:oncetheaccesspasswordisentered,the"DATPiù"configurationcannotbechangedanymore,evenmanually,bymeansofthefrontpanelkeyboardviii.
Therefore,thisfunctionshallbeenabledwithcaution.
viiiOncethepasswordisentered,somedisplayfunctionsareonlylocallyavailable.
Forfurtherdetails,seetheDATPiùuser'smanual.
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1OpenconnectionasUserorAdministrator)pressthepasswordbuttontoactivatethefollowingwindow:FIG.
AA–AdministratorPasswordBymeansofthiswindowitispossibletoenable,changeorremovetheAdministrator'spassword.
Topassfromfreeaccesstoprotectedaccess,justleavethe"oldpassword"boxblankandenterthenewpasswordtwiceinthe"newpassword"and"confirmpassword"boxesTochangetheexistingpassword,firstenterthecurrentpasswordinthe"oldpassword"box,thenenterthenewpasswordtwiceinthe"newpassword"and"confirmpassword"boxesToremoveanyprotection,justenterthecurrentpasswordinthe"oldpassword"box,thenleavethe"newpassword"and"confirmpassword"boxesblankPressingthe"cancel"button,thesituationremainsunchangedanditispossibletoproceedwiththeUserpasswordAftertheAdministratorpasswordisentered,theUserpasswordcanbechangedoreliminatedbymeansofthefollowingwindow:FIG.
BB–UserPasswordTopassfromfreeaccesstoprotectedaccess,ortochangetheexistingpassword,justenterthenewpasswordtwiceinthe"newpassword"and"confirmpassword"boxesix.
Toremoveanyprotection,justleavethe"newpassword"and"confirmpassword"boxesblank.
Toleavethesituationunchanged,pressthe"cancel"button.
Note:Oncethe"OK"buttonispressed,settingsareenabledandsenttotheDatevenifthe"Write"buttonisnotpressed.
ixIsnotnecessaryfortheAdministratortoremembertheUser'spasswordformodifyit,butisagoodthingtonoteit.
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6DatmemoryThisboxreportsinformationabouttheDatmemorystatus.
TherecordsfieldtellshowmanyrecordsarestoredinsidetheDat,whilethefieldavailablereportshowmanyrecordsmaystillbestoredwithoutoverwritingpreviouslyacquireddata.
Thegaugedrawnjustbelowthesefieldsdisplaysgraphicallythesameinformation(notethatrecords+available=Datmemory).
Theoff-linefieldtellsforhowmanydaystheDatisabletorecorddatawithoutoverwritingoldrecords.
PleasenotethatthenumberofrecordswhichmaybestoredwithoutoverwritedependsonhowmanyMACHsareconnected,andonhowmanymeasurearerecorded;theintervalbetweenacquisitionsinfluencesthenumberofdaysthattheDatmayrunwithoutoverwritingolderdata.
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1.
7MiscellaneousFIRMWARERELEASEThisboxreportsthereleaseoftheDatfirmware.
POWERUPThisboxreportstheDatpower-upstatus:itmaybeOknoproblemDataLostAcquisitionsdatahavebeenlost,whilesetupconfigurationisok.
Datamaybelostonalow-batteryconditionAllLostBothacquisitionsandsetuphavebeenlostMemConfKOThereisaproblemwhenwritingtheconfigurationintothenon-volatilememoryoftheDatunit.
PleasecontactDucatiSistemiforassistanceTheLogfileisupdatedeverytimeoneoftheseerrorconditionsoccur.
Also,iftheconnectionismanual,theuserisalsowarnedbyaPOPUPmessage.
STOREDALARMSThisboxreportsthenumberofalarmsstoredinsidetheDat.
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1.
8ProgrammingInthissectiontherearetwooptions:oneforthe"TimeBandsandalarms"andoneforthetransformationfactor.
Inboththewindowsthere'rethesametwobutton"Exit"and"Update".
UPDATEWhenthebuttonispressedtheprogramwilltrytoupdatetheconfigurationdisplayedinthewindow.
AttheendtheattemptthevaluewillbereadfromtheDATsoiftheuserhadinsertawrongvalueitcanseeimmediatelyifthevaluewasacceptedfromtheDAT.
xxThisbuttonbecomeactivewhenanyvalueofthewindowsismodified.
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30EXITWhenthisbuttonispressedthesituationremainingaswasatthelastpressionontheUpdatebutton.
7.
1.
8.
1TimeBandsandAlarmsWhenthe"TimeBandsandalarmsDAT"buttonispressed,thefollowingwindowisdisplayed:FIG.
CC–TimebandandalarmsselectionInthiswindowtheusercanprogramthealarmspertinenttotwodigitalinputs(input3and4),countalarms(input1and2),enabletimebandmanagementandsetthesynchronisationmode.
TIMEBANDSThisoptionallowstheusertoenabletimebandmanagementusinginputs3and4(forfurtherdetails,seetheDATPiùuser'smanual).
DIGITALINPUTALARMSWhenthischeckboxismarked,everytimeoneofthetwoinputschangesitsstatus,analarmisgenerated.
COUNTERALARMSTIMERThisfunctionmanagesthealarmsrelatedtotheDATPiùtwoinputs1and2andduetocountloss.
Whenthewaitingtimeisset(inminutes)ifafterthattimetheDATstillhasn'treceivedanypulseoneachofthetwoinputs,therelevantalarmisgenerated.
Whenthecountrestarts,anewalarmisgeneratedaswelltoindicatethatthesituationisresumed.
SYNCHRONISATIONThisoptionallowstheusertoenabletheinstrumentnetworksynchronisation(tocomputemeasuremeans)withasampleevent.
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a"Resetmeanvalues"commandissenttoalllinkedinstrumentsTimeband:whenthetimebandpassesfromF4toanyotherband(time:6:30a.
m.
),theDATsynchronisesitsclockandsendsa"Resetmean"commandtoalllinkedinstruments.
NotethattheDatinternalclocksynchronisationonlypertainstominutesandseconds,whiletheotherfieldsremainunchangedandwillholdthevaluessetbythePC7.
1.
8.
2TransformationfactorWhenthe"K;P/Wh;P/VArh"buttonispressed,thefollowingwindowisdisplayed:FIG.
DD–TransformationFactorInthiswindowtheusercanprogramthetransformationfactorusedbyDAT.
KIndicatetheconstantvaluethatincludeboththeamperometricandvoltmetricfactorK=TAxTVP/WHIndicatehowmanypulseitmustreceiveforoneWhofactiveenergy.
P/VARHIndicatehowmanypulseitmustreceiveforoneVArhofreactiveenergySeeDat'smanualformoredetails.
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EE:ModemconfigurationwindowThesecontrolsareusedtoconfigurethemodemconnectedtotheDat.
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2.
1DatModemTheDialmodeoptionallowstheusertochoosebetweenpulseandtone.
Waitfortonebeforedialling:themodemmustwaitforthetonebeforedialling.
Notallmodemscandetectthistone.
Hang-upwhenbusy:themodemimmediatelyhangsupwhenthelineisbusy.
Ifthischeckboxisnotmarked,whenthelineisbusy,themodemwillwaitforthetimeindicatedinoneoftheSregistersofthemodembeforehangingup.
Notallmodemscandetectthistone.
Modeminitialisation:tosendfurtherinitialisationcommands.
Don'tsendcommandsnotstrictlylinkedtodialling.
RetrydelayindicatesthetimebetweencallsmadebytheDattothePC,incasetheconnectioncannotbereached.
Itcanrangefrom1to10minutes.
TheDattriesthreetimes,thentheoperationisaborted.
DatIdisnecessarytoidentifytheDat(SeeSection7.
5"AssignnewID").
Then,telephonenumbersfollow.
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Normally,thetimechosenisacoupleofhoursbeforetheusualcalltime.
Thepurposeofthisfunctionistoavoidanymodemmalfunctioningduetoglitchesorothercauses.
Werecommendtheusageofthisfunctionparticularlywiththemodemswitch-offtimer.
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2.
2CallsonalarmWhenoneoftheMACH30/20or"SmartPiù"areconnectedtotheDat,orwhentheDatalarmsareenabled,theinstrumentcancarryoutacalltothePCifthealarmstatuschanges.
Thiscanbesetinthissection.
PleasenotethatthedisplayedlistcontainsonlytheconnectedMACHsselectedinthepreviousframe(SeeSection7.
1.
1"ConnectedMACHs").
SelectaMACHfromthelistofconnectedMACHstoaccessalarmsetup.
Checkboxesontheright,whenmarked,indicatethattheDatmustcallthePCuponavariationofalarmintheselectedMACH.
ThecallcanbeprogrammeduponvariationofoneormoreinputsofaMACH,oritispossibletoignorealltheoutputsofaMACH.
Inthefollowingexample,theDatisprogrammedtoexecuteacalluponthevariationofalarms2and4ofMACHataddress3.
FIG.
FF–CallsonalarmmenuPleasenoteinordertogetanalarmrecordandoptionallyacallonalarm,thealarmfeaturemustbefirstenabledontheMachinstrument.
Notethatevenifnoalarmissetforimmediatecall,theDatwillstilltrytocallthePCafteroccupying60%ofthememoryreservedtoalarms.
ThisistrueprovidedthatatelephonenumberisenteredintheAlarmcallbox7.
2.
3AlarmcallHosttelephonenumber.
ItisthenumberthattheDatdialswhentryingtoconnecttothePCtouploadalarms.
Thisnumbercancontaindigitsandcommas(ifapauseisrequestedduringdialling).
IftheDatshallnevertrytocallthePC,thisboxmustbeblank.
Asanalternative,inthisframea"SMS"checkboxisavailable,allowingtheusertosendanSMStothenumberindicatedabove.
ThisfunctionisavailableonlyifaGSMmodemisconnectedtotheDATPiùandifthenumbercorrespondstoacellularphone.
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2.
4DatacallHosttelephonenumber.
ItisthenumberthattheDatdialswhentryingtoconnecttothePCtouploadalarms.
Thisnumbercancontaindigitsandcommas(ifapauseisrequestedduringdialling).
ThisboxmustbecheckedwhentheautomaticcallmodefordatauploadfromtheDattothePCistobeenabled.
Whenatelephonenumberisentered,thefollowingoptionsareenabled:Nextcallat:todisplayandprogramdateandtimeofthenextcallthattheDatiscarryingouttouploaddata.
Callperiod(days):tosettheintervalbetweencallsfordataupload(1to15days).
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Also,ifinthiscaseaDatenabledtocallthePCisdetected,anerrorissignalledandtheuserispromptedtoerasethetelephonenumberintheDatacallboxtodisabletheDat->PCconnection.
Regardingthecharacteristicsofthefilewheredataarestored,theinstructionsgivenfortheothercallmodeapply(SeeSection4.
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2"PollmodeconnectionPCDATPiù").
7.
3SetDatclockWhenthisoptionischosen,WinCom5writestotheDatthecurrenttimeofthePC.
Notethatifthe"Timeband"synchronisationisenabled,neitherminutesnorsecondsareupdated.
(SeeSection7.
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1"TimeBandsandAlarms")7.
4ClearDatmemoryAfterchoosingthiscommand,theuserwillbepromptedforconfirmation,andthenWinCom5willclearbothmemoryareas(acquisitionsandalarms)oftheDat.
7.
5AssignnewIDEachDatunitshouldbeassignedanidentifier(DatID).
ThemaximumIDis300andisautomaticallymanagedbyWinCom5sothattocreateanassociationbetweenthephysicalIDandalogicalname.
Inotherwords,theusercanassignanametoaspecificDatunit(e.
g.
"DucatiProduction")whichwillbeconnectedtoanIDnumberassignedtotheDatbyWinCom5andstoredinthefileDATPLID.
INI(locatedintheinstallationfolder).
Fromthismomenton,theconnectionregisteralwaysdisplaysthelogicalnameeachtimeoperationsconcerningtheDatareperformed.
ToassignanewIDduringtheconnectionwiththeDat:selecttheoptionAssignnewIDfromtheDatmenu:awindowboxwillopenallowingtowriteanewlogicalname,whileproposingtheactualnameofthecurrentlyconnectedDat(whichcanbemodified).
ThisnewnamewillbeautomaticallyassociatedtothefirstfreephysicalID(todoso,theWinCom5programfirstexaminestheassociationfileandthengetsafreeID).
PresstheOKbuttontosavethenewname(todosotheWinCom5programfirstsendthephysicalIDtotheDatunit,thenupdatesandwritestheassociationfile).
WhenfirstinstallingaDATPiù(oraftera"SetupLost"condition)theDatIDissetto1;thisvalueisthereforeassignedbydefaulttoastandardnameinordertoremindtheusertomakeanIDassignment.
Incaseyouwishtoremoveanassociation,openthefileDATPLID.
INIwithanormaltexteditorandremovethelinecontainingDAT_IDxx=.
7.
6DownloadrecordsThiscommandisusedtomovetheacquireddatafromtheDatmemorytothehostPCdisk.
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35FIG.
GG:DownloadconfigurationwindowThiswindowcontainstwomainsections:thefirstisthetimewindowwhilethesecondconcernsthesetofMACHstobeviewed.
ThetwoupperboxescontainthefirstandthelastdateintheDATarchivememory.
Inthetwoothersyoucanenterthestartandendoftherequestedtimeinterval.
Logically,datescanbeneitherprevioustotheacquisitionstartdate,norsubsequenttothelaststoredrecord.
ThelastselectionconcernstheMACHtobeviewed:justchoosethefirstandthelastdesiredMACHfromthelist.
AlltheMACHscomprisedbetweenthefirstandthelastchosenwillbedownloadedfromtheDAT.
Afterrefreshingsomeconfigurationdata,WinCom5willbegintodownloadtherecordsfromtheDat,savingthemintoafile,locatedintheWinCom5folder.
Thenameofthefilecreateddependsonthedateandtimeinwhichthedownloadbegan,thusbeingunique.
Onscreen,astatuswindowwillbedisplayed,showingtheoperationprogress.
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36Thewindowalsocontainstwoitems.
Thefirstone,"N°RetryFrame",concernsthenumberofcorruptedframesreceivedthroughthePCRS-232interfacewhichwerediscardedandthereforerepeatedbytheDat;thesecondone,"N°TotFrame",isthetotalnumberofreceivedframes.
ThesetwoparametersevaluatethequalityoftheDat-PCconnection.
Themorethepackagesrepeatedoutofthosedownloaded,thepoorerthelinexi.
Itispossibleatanymomenttoabortthedownload,simplybypressingtheAbortbuttononthedownloadstatuswindow.
Thefollowingtableprovidesindicativedownloadtimes:DIRECTCONNECTIONAT9600BPSMACHnumberNumberofmeasuresRecordDownloadtime1110000.
00.
51191000.
00.
076910000.
05.
162091000.
01.
19MODEMCONNECTIONAT9600BPSMACHnumberNumberofmeasuresRecordDownloadtime1110000.
02.
23191000.
00.
216910000.
11.
142091000.
02.
27DIRECTCONNECTIONAT19200BPSMACHnumberNumberofmeasuresRecordDownloadtime1110000.
00.
29191000.
00.
056910000.
03.
232091000.
01.
01MODEMCONNECTIONAT19200BPSMACHnumberNumberofmeasuresRecordDownloadtime1110000.
01.
53191000.
00.
156910000.
09.
172091000.
01.
41xiThedisplayednumberofthedownloadedrecordsisonlyavaluationoftherecordseffectivelypresentinthetimewindow.
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7DownloadalarmsThiscommandisusedtomovethealarmsfromtheDatmemorytothehostPCdisk.
Alarmsarealwaysaddedtoafile,locatedinWinCom5folder,namedalarms.
txt.
Whenthisoptionisselected,WinCom5willreadthenumberofalarmspresentintheDatmemory,andthenwilldownloadthealarms,savingtheminthefiledescribedabovexii.
7.
8MeasurelistWinCom5SymbolDatSymbolDescriptionFreqFreMainsfrequencyVΣVThree-phaseequivalentvoltageV12V12Linkedvoltagebetweenlines1and2V23V23Linkedvoltagebetweenlines2and3V31V31Linkedvoltagebetweenlines3and1V1NV1Voltageline1V2NV2Voltageline2V3NV3Voltageline3IΣIThree-phaseequivalentcurrentI1I1Currentline1I2I2Currentline2I3I3Currentline3X1MaxAverX1xMaxofX1meanvalueCosfiΣCThree-phaseequivalentpowerfactorCosfi1C1Powerfactorline1Cosfi2C2Powerfactorline2Cosfi3C3Powerfactorline3PΣWThree-phaseequivalentactivepowerPAverΣWMMeanthree-phaseequivalentactivepowerPMaxΣWXMaximumthree-phaseequivalentactivepowerP1W1Activepowerline1P2W2Activepowerline2P3W3Activepowerline3P1AverWM1Meanactivepowerline1P2AverWM2Meanactivepowerline2P3AverWM3Meanactivepowerline3P1MaxWX1Maximumactivepowerline1P2MaxWX2Maximumactivepowerline2P3MaxWX3Maximumactivepowerline3VAΣAThree-phaseequivalentapparentpowerVAAverΣAMMeanthree-phaseequivalentapparentpowerVAMaxΣAXMaximumthree-phaseequivalentapparentpowerVA1A1Apparentpowerline1VA2A2Apparentpowerline2VA3A3Apparentpowerline3VA1AverAM1Meanapparentpowerline1VA2AverAM2Meanapparentpowerline2VA3AverAM3Meanapparentpowerline3VA1MaxAX1Maximumapparentpowerline1VA2MaxAX2Maximumapparentpowerline2VA3MaxAX3Maximumapparentpowerline3VArΣRThree-phaseequivalentreactivepowerVArAverΣRMThree-phaseequivalentmeanreactivepowerxiiIftheconnectionmodeisasUser,theAlarmsarenormallydownloadedbutnotremoved.
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38VArMaxΣRXThree-phaseequivalentmaximumreactivepowerVAr1R1Reactivepowerline1VAr2R2Reactivepowerline2VAr3R3Reactivepowerline3VAr1AverRM1Meanreactivepowerline1VAr2AverRM2Meanreactivepowerline2VAr3AverRM3Meanreactivepowerline3VAr1MaxRX1Maximumreactivepowerline1VAr2MaxRX2Maximumreactivepowerline2VAr3MaxRX3Maximumreactivepowerline3PMaxAverWxMMaximummeanthree-phaseactivepowerVArMaxAverRxMMaximummeanthree-phasereactivepowerVAMaxAverAxMMaximummeanthree-phaseApparentpowerX2MaxAverX2xMaxofX2meanvalueKWhΣKWThree-phaseequivalentactiveenergyKWh1KW1Activeenergyline1KWh2KW2Activeenergyline2KWh3KW3Activeenergyline3kVArhΣKAThree-phaseequivalentreactiveenergykVArh1KA1Reactiveenergyline1kVArh2KA2Reactiveenergyline2kVArh3KA3Reactiveenergyline3THDFV1TV1Line1voltagedistortion(crestfactor)THDFV2TV2Line2voltagedistortion(crestfactor)THDFV3TV3Line3voltagedistortion(crestfactor)THDFI1TI1Line1currentdistortion(crestfactor)THDFI2TI2Line2currentdistortion(crestfactor)THDFI3TI3Line3currentdistortion(crestfactor)X1X1Analoginputvalue1X2X2Analoginputvalue2P1MaxAverWA1Line1maximummeanactivepowerP2MaxAverWA2Line2maximummeanactivepowerP3MaxAverWA3Line3maximummeanactivepowerVAr1MaxAverRA1Line1maximummeanreactivepowerVAr2MaxAverRA2Line2maximummeanreactivepowerVAr3MaxAverRA3Line3maximummeanreactivepowerVA1MaxAverAA1Line1maximummeanapparentpowerVA2MaxAverAA2Line2maximummeanapparentpowerVA3MaxAverAA3Line3maximummeanapparentpowerKWhcoΣKwActiveenergygeneratedbythethree-phasesystemKWh1coKw1Activeenergygeneratedbyline1KWh2coKw2Activeenergygeneratedbyline2KWh3coKw3Activeenergygeneratedbyline3KVArhcoΣKaReactiveenergygeneratedbythethree-phasesystemKVArh1coKa1Reactiveenergygeneratedbyline1KVArh2coKa2Reactiveenergygeneratedbyline2KVArh3coKa3Reactiveenergygeneratedbyline3X1AverX1MMeanofX1measureX2AverX2MMeanofX2measureX1SumX1SIntegralofX1measureX2SumX2SIntegralofX2measureTempTMPTemperatureKWhF1ΣF1ThreephaseActiveenergyoftimeband1KWhF2ΣF2ThreephaseActiveenergyoftimeband2KWhF3ΣF3ThreephaseActiveenergyoftimeband3KWhF4ΣF4ThreephaseActiveenergyoftimeband4WinCom5(English)DUCATISistemiS.
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